versteken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verstēken. Equivalent to ver- + steken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈsteː.kə(n)/, /vɛrˈsteː.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ste‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Verb

versteken

  1. (transitive) to stab elsewhere
  2. (transitive) to stab in a different manner
  3. (transitive) to hide, to conceal
    Maar zij had hen op het dak doen klimmen, zij had hen verstoken onder de vlasstoppelen. (Jozua 2:6)
    But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stalks of flax. (Joshua 2:6)
  4. (transitive, Southern) to reject, to expel

Inflection

Inflection of versteken (strong class 4, prefixed)
infinitive versteken
past singular verstak
past participle verstoken
infinitive versteken
gerund versteken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versteekverstak
2nd person sing. (jij) versteektverstak
2nd person sing. (u) versteektverstak
2nd person sing. (gij) versteektverstaakt
3rd person singular versteektverstak
plural verstekenverstaken
subjunctive sing.1 verstekeverstake
subjunctive plur.1 verstekenverstaken
imperative sing. versteek
imperative plur.1 versteekt
participles verstekendverstoken
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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